Earl Gregg Swem Library

Discusses the darker corners of the deep or unindexed web, what it is used for, how it is accessed, and how law enforcement, the military, and intelligence officials are using it. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

A collection of documents recovered during the raid on the compound used as a hideout by Osama Bin Laden. The material includes declassified documents made available for public release along with non-classified English language items found in and around the hideout. From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Decision of three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals that the National Security Agency’s surveillance program, which gathered millions of civilian phone records, violates the PATRIOT Act and is unconstitutional. From Justia

Reports on the number of persons with security clearances for classified information in the federal government and trends in the number of such clearances. In 2014 the number of persons holding such clearances declined by 12.3% or 164,000 persons. From the office of the Director of National Intelligence

A report on committee activities for the designated period, which covers the Snowden leaks and the release of the redacted report on CIA interrogation practices. This report describes the committee oversight of intelligence during that period including struggles to promote the sharing of classified information among intelligence agencies. From the committee, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

A collection of 43 documents which cover efforts of the Central Intelligence Agency to engage in signals intelligence operations, sometimes in competition with other U.S. intelligence agencies such as the National Security Agency, during the Cold War period of history. From the National Security Archive

22 recommendations directed at the executive branch, Congress, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on the implementation of provisions of the PATRIOT Act, specifically the Section 215 Telephone Records and the Section 702 Surveillance programs. Scolds the administration for not ending the NSA’s telephone records program. From the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board